I ordered these bbq stuff with NON SPICY. But everything was spicy and tasted the same. This restaurant is not American and non-spicy lover friendly. read more

Original Cuisine - Night BBQ - Szechuan Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

First visit. I am not going to go into bloated details because everyone has expressed it already for the most part. I purchased 3 dishes from the authentic menu, and two plates of fried rice. $49.xx 2 dishes, extremely oily, but on the bland side in flavor. Spicy yes but not really bad, flavorful no. The other dish was pretty good. I came in about 9:15 pm for take out, so I can't speak to the service side as others have. The portions were on the average side at best. For the money I spent I was waiting to be wowed by the food and portion size but I was not. This is the type of restaurant where you are either going to love it, or find it so so and really no in between. read more

Should give them 0 stars. The food came up with no salt. they said one of the vegetables is out of order and will replace with other things but they didn't, food is less then normal. When they are about to close they rush you to pay for it. And when we paid for it at the time they claimed to close they rush us to leave, even with the food still not finished. Bad experience, just don't sign the tip before you leave, they will give you bad attitude. read more

Food is good and authentic. Worth trying. Food here reminds me of home back in China so if you are new here you must give it a try.

Delicious, highly recommended. Today I ordered mapo tofu, braised pork with pickled vegetables, and stir-fried pork. Come back for dinner with friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival. read more

This past summer some of my colleagues and I spent a month in Beijing and loved the food! When we returned we were referred to this place by our program director for how authentic the food was. We were not disappointed! This is definitely the place to come for the closest thing to real Chinese food (our favorites are the spicy fried chicken and the green beans). Service was fast and friendly! I would recommend to anyone who is missing China or wants to try real Chinese food. read more

Ok Chinese food, more specifically from the Mandarin side where they serve everything Szechuan style. Everything tasted fine, but again, every single flavor was dominated by that Szechuan spice. We ordered a lot of food for 4 people! We got the hanging pork belly, the mapo tofu, spicy soft shelled crab, the fish, stir fried green beans, and some kind of potato dish that looks like hash browns. The mapo tofu was the best dish, but still kinda spicy in my opinion. The fish was very odd. Very hard to eat then eat off the dish and the presentation was kinda crazy! Good flavor but still, kinda spicy. The sauce for it was all oil too, and I'm kind of not used to having a community rice bowl for everyone to grab rice from. We each only had only small bowl of rice and I had to ask for a refill like 4 times because of this. I don't know if they charged for each refill. The spicy crab had good flavor too, but very difficult to eat the crab. The potato dish was too snippy, meaning they didn't cook it enough, maybe it's the style but I thought that was odd too. The green beans were good, but then again, it's good at most Asian restaurants I've been too. All in all, I was excited about this place and was kinda let down because I guess I was expecting something different. The atmosphere was odd too because we were the only ones there, so it felt dead. The lights are very dim too, and they don't use AC, they use a swamp cooler, which makes this large firecracker noise every 10 minutes. Kind of annoying. read more

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Their soups are very delicious. Great place to eat at night. The restaurant closes at 12:15 a.m. Not 9:30 pm. Yelp needs to update. read more

Church is over and now the big decision..where and what type of cuisine do we want? We yelped it of course and found this place. If you are looking for the same flavors you have grown so accustom to, dont come here. If you are a foodie and a little adventurous, this place has excellent Authentic Szechuan food. I knew from the moment we walked in and the place was filled with Asians, we were in for a treat. Friendly staff and tasty food with large sharable entres. Expect to see some things you wont see at your typicsl Americanized Chinese Establishments. Ruth and I both enjoyed this restaurant. Don't let building's exterior stop you from walking through the doors. This was perfect for us. #rnrway @rnrway read more

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I had a long day. I was sick. And got out of the hospital late. This restaurant was open late. And provided me with probably one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The staff was friendly and helpful. read more

Another great Szechuan restaurant opens in east valley. The foods is really good and authentic too. Love the open kitchen style. This is second location and the original one is in Irvine, CA. Lucky to Arizona spicy Szechuan cuisine lover. Parking is plenty because they are individuals building with bunch of parking. Just right across street from international market plaza. read more

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Ordered delivery from Uber eat. No rice? Three of my dishes were spicy, so I assume I need to cook the rice by myself? I been order delivery since the pandemic starts, this is the only restaurant doesn't have rice goes with the food, especially spicy food. read more

shitt costumer service!!! I asked the waitress if there was any plate she recommended she just pointed at the menu, rushing us to order ugly looks and just overall ugly service! read more

The menu was completely different from the menu showing on Yelp. They just gave a stack of printed paper stapled together! What?? And I went there to try the spicy pork belly and veggie dry pot but that apparently it's no longer in the menu. The only dry pot available was cauliflower dry pot O_O I was honestly lost and confused. The restaurant I was expecting is not there anymore?? Did they change owners?? The service was quite bad. Nobody bothered to ask us or offer drinks or water. I thought white rice is default when you order dishes like twice cooked pork but nope. No rice for us. O well.. I went there because pictures on Yelp looked good! Beware that many of them no longer exists! read more

This is a pretty authentic Chinese place. I have taken many of my American friends over and they all really like it as well. Recommend: fish skewer, one of the spicy pot, vegetables are good but sometimes a bit salty. Unfortunately, the service is okay and the store parking/surroundings needs some upkeep. read more

Whew wee. I have not reviewed any restaurant in forever, but I'm excited to be back to Yelp. But whether you're looking for food, reading random reviews because you're bored, or looking for a place to taunt your friends (or enemies) on Snapchat or Facebook, I'm here to help. In case you haven't noticed from the pictures and other reviews you may have scrolled through prior to this one, this is an ACTUAL CHINESE RESTAURANT. It pains me to see people paying for food that can be found in a Panda Express down the street; please for the love of god, don't be one of them. Try new things; you only live once. For the restaurant and its ambience, I'd say the restaurant deserves...3.5 stars. Okay, but not great. Fortunately, they clean the floor (unlike some Chinese restaurants.) They wipe down the tables before you sit down, yet sometimes, they forget a few things. When I sat down with my parents, we realized we were missing two napkins, a plate, and a pair of chopsticks. We initially tried telling them, but after five minutes we eventually resorted to taking some from a nearby unused table. The mistake is subtle, yes, but it's a mistake nonetheless. This brings me to my next subject: service. What it deserves...varies. If you were a waiter, maybe you enjoy putting fake smiles while seeing more customers when you just want to go home. Maybe not. That's okay. But on Yelp, however, you accidentally forget your customer's request for a cup of water (even once,) and BOOM. Potential five-star review goes, bye-bye. For us, that was no exception. It took a waiter seven minutes to get us water (yes, we were "not very happy" a.k.a. pissed), but someone else quickly came to our table and assisted us far better and faster than he ever did. (Which is why, unlike some reviews, I did not change a 5 to a 1 or 2.) Some waiters are better than others, so I cannot give a certain number for a quality that varies so much. Finally, let's get down to the food, which I think is the most important part of any dining experience (4 stars). The pork belly on a rack was delicious, but the garlic sauce was quite concentrated. Experiment with the sauce to find that sweet spot. Otherwise, you get a breath strong enough to kill Dracula a mile away. The Ma Po Tofu was stronger and more potent than other versions that I've tried, so that's a plus there. The Sliced Beef and Pork Tendon in Chili Oil, however, was my favorite. The slices and quantity are quite generous, and it was cooked well (I don't mean well done. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. We are not here for a barbeque.) Overall, I would say it was somehow worth the cost, but it's not the best I've seen. I'd say you should give it a try, but this is not the restaurant that is so good that I would smash down the restaurant door just to get the first table. TLDR: Good food, sub-par service (at times), and moderately clean. May your food choices be ever in your favor. read more

The 2nd location of Original Cuisine. Their restaurant name and seemingly undeliverable promise nagged in my mind as I perused the menu before my companions arrived. Being seated begrudgingly also weighed on my mind as I was coolly rebuffed upon requesting a larger table; fair enough at this point. My fellows arrived and we contemplated what culinary treats to consume. We started with waters + iced tea + fruit drinks. By default your drinks come without ice, but upon request, they will provide. Fair enough. Questioning our server about what our potential choices entailed began our server's descent into insanity. I could smell the fear as we dived into the mysteries of what is contained in Original Cuisine's dishes. His hands shook and eyes wavered as he plead ignorance. I google image searched Chong qing chicken and the terror receded as he admitted that matched what the dish should contain. We ordered 2 portions of that, as well as the bbq catfish, braised pork belly atop pickled vegetables, and 2 plates of the egg fried + yang chow fried rice. Looking around the restaurant and realizing the size of their serving receptacles, we repeated our request for a table migration, and was again denied. Gazing longingly at the still empty tables that promised enough room for our food to roam free, we accepted our fate, and our dishes began arriving shortly after. Looking in disbelief at the size of what began arriving, I asked again if he was sure there was enough space. Our server accepted the realities of the physical universe and assisted us in moving to a larger table. The fried chicken was passable, but straddled the line between aggressively salty and ocean water. The signature tongue numbing of Szechwan peppercorns did not report in for duty, but the chiles were abundant, coating thin and crispy, chunks of chicken just slightly dry. More enjoyable was the braised pork belly. Deep flavors and perfectly fatty pork was paired with pickled, slightly bitter vegetable. My guess was chopped collard greens but our server couldn't identify the veggie's true identity. My dreams of competing in a palette challenge on Hell's Kitchen died yet again. The egg fried rice was wonderfully fluffy, and egg was in much higher proportion than normal, but greatly appreciated here. The yang chow portion added additional vegetables, shrimp, and pork and was quickly consumed by our quartet. The bbq catfish dominated our table. Fried to a wonderfully crispy exterior, with moist interior, this fish swam in a lake of incredibly flavored broth with a huge amount of chilies and just the right amount of oil. Surprising and lovely were the huge amounts of vegetables the fish came with, which absorbed this broth perfectly, the lotus root and wood ear mushrooms being standouts. The request to split the bill was met with multiple staff and protests. Apparently they lacked the ability to accomplish this otherworldly difficult feat. Feeling that this might not actually be true, our party engaged in a 15 minute debate with our server until the miraculous advancement in restaurant technology yielded the ability to pay for what each person ordered. Our experience was nearing an end, yet it was not to be, as our server returned with the proclamation they don't take American Express. The parade of staff ranging from indifferent to confused to hostile dampened this experience. There are stereotypes of poor service in Chinese restaurants and typically I've found this to either be not true or outweighed by the food. In this case the scales tip over on the side of never returning. read more

I don't get the hype at all! There was no one here and the service was terrible!!!! It took forever to order and to get our check. I kept smelling cigarette smoke from all of the workers smoking on the side. I guess that's what they are doing instead of providing service. They charge for rice!!!! How annoying is that! However, The fried rice was good...a little greasy. But the beef tongue dish was not good. The veggies have a weird taste and my scrambled eggs with shrimp were floating in grease. It gave me a stomach ache. We love authentic, unusual Chinese food just not this one. There are better and cheaper places than original cuisine in the area! read more

Went for lunch 2days ago omg it was wrong choice .... food was cold too much oil....worse of them all found hair in our dish....and waiter went to bathroom and not wash hand!!! DISGUSTING STAY AWAY THIS PLACE!!!! already notice heath dept. DIRTY read more

Food was great! However... Service was something you'd expect to be better, we'll say I won't be returning. Asking for a glass of water was a mundane task, and forget knowing what was included in a dish, waiter didn't seem to have a clue. The greeter, potentially also floor manager, seemed to be conceited for no apparent reason, and treated not only my party, but others with zero respect. read more

I must say this is true Szechuan the flavors textures the combination of different peppers read more

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A few coworkers and I decided to try this place for dinner yesterday after going through a glowing review from AZCentral. Needless to say, we were looking forward to eating here. I'll get right to the part any hungry person would care about: the food. It was great. Their House Special Catfish was definitely one of the highlights with the colorful presentation and just how well it marinated in the sauces. The Szchuan Pork was also flavorful and very tender. Overall, the combination of flavor and presentation was great. However, there's a point where the quality of customer service outweigh my fondness for the food. The service was absolutely terrible. Let's start off with the portions of food in relation to the table sizes. Here were 4 of us and were each planning on ordering our own dishes. We were sat down in a small round table that we knew, right off the bat, was going to be an issue with the amount of food we were ordering. For a while, they refused to accommodate our request for a slightly larger table (there was a sea of empty larger tables in the middle of the restaurant) as those were only allowed for parties of 6. Of course, when they were placing our food on the table, they realized that they could not fit our orders. So they were finally convinced to move us to a larger table. We also had a server who either was very new or just had overall lousy communication skills; which was beyond the existing language barrier. He was sweaty, visibly nervous around us for no reason, and hardly knew how to answer basic questions about the menu. We also had to flag him down numerous times as he rarely ever checked in. We weren't exactly expecting someone who was absolutely in love with their job, but we also didn't expect service from somebody with very poor communication skills. He knew just enough to take our drink and food order, but God forbid you ask him literally anything else, it turned into a train wreck. I wrote this novel of a review as somebody who generally has a ton of patience and relatively soft spoken. The service was that bad; and I struggle to even recommend this to my friends or anyone because of it. Every staff member just had a downtrodden look in their face and it gave off a bad vibe from the very beginning. You come here for the food, of course, but be very weary and prepared for the service you're going to get. Judging by other reviews, I'm clearly not alone in this. read more

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We tried this place after reading an article from the local paper where the writer gave this place a 4.5 stars. I'm no expert in food writing but I do like to think I know good food. I've had other Szchuan food in other states and around the valley so all I can do is compare this place to my past experience of Szchuan meals. The menu here is truly authentic from the dry pots to the chongqi chicken to the variety of pork belly dishes. You also have the normal dishes everyone is accustomed to with fried rice, kung pao chicken and walnut shrimp. Here is a breakdown of my order. Cold pork belly appetizer - no flavor, the garlic sauce it came with was bland. Breaded pork ribs appetizer - the sauteed peanuts, peppers it came with had more flavor. The ribs were too dry and over fried. House fried rice - flavor was better, I would order this again. Not the soy sauce doused fried rice most Americans are used to which I love. Walnut shrimp - breading on the shrimp was too much and the sauce wasn't sweet so it tasted like mayonnaise on breaded shrimp. Chongqi boneless chicken - DELICIOUS, you must order. Little nuggets of awesomeness. Chicken dry pot - this is the reason for me returning. A mixture of chicken, pork belly, beef slices and veggies swimming in a hot chili oil sauce. Stomach buster! read more

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My wife and I went here a while back. The outside looks deceiving... I was impressed when I walked in. Looks authentic. Now, the food was good. Not sure what I ordered, and no one spoke English. But, I would say it's a one and done for me. Try it out, there is a first for everything! read more

Um, I love eating frogs, but their frogs were disappointing. They water boil frog meat and then basically mix them with the sauce and stuff. Some desserts were ok but the actual meal was so off, compared to the Irvine location. Food is only a part of the restaurant, their service is even more disappointing. They don't care about you. They don't care about your food, and they DONT HAVE ENOUGH BOWLS! read more

Original Cuisine - Szechuan Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

The food was absolutely amazing!! Definitely try the spicy crispy chicken with chili!

I walked in and the first thing the server told me was to order quick because their chef is going to have his lunch. Excuse me but is this how you treat your customer? If your chef wants to take a lunch break, maybe you should make it official and close for an hour or two. So rude!!! read more

The food is flavorful. Today was my second visit. The service is friendly and helpful. This place serves authentic central Chinese cuisine. read more

Absolutely amazing and authentic. Most of the bad reviews are from the whitewashed foods but the actual authentic Chinese food is soooo good. The hotpot stuff and the grilled fish is very flavorful. I love Sichuan cuisine so it's great to find this place read more

Too expensive. Not good. I ended up throwing it away. It was a complete waste of money. It was dead when I went in there and now I know why

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in my area. I come from China and the dishes in this restaurant are the typical Szenchuan food, If you want to have a try about Chinese food, I really recommend you go to this restaurant! Also, the service is wonderful, the waiter who serves us is really nice! read more

Original Cuisine - Szechuan Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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It says yummy yummy but it was not. The friend rice looked like rice with soy sauce and huge white onions that's it. The orange chicken was over done and the worst I have ever had. All in all, not yummy at all!!! read more

This is our FAVORITE Chinese restaurant!!! We travel from the north valley, drive 45 mins just to come here. We usually go with a large group and everyone enjoys it. We order many different dishes (all are excellent!!) and family style it. We went last night and we got the lamb, duck, twice cooked pork, spicy crispy chicken, eggplant, fungus, mapo tofu, potato, spicy beef belly, and green beans and we honestly couldn't decide which was our favorite because it was all soooooooooo good. We wish you were located in Scottsdale so we could go more often!! read more

They is he best Szechwan food ever. First time we went there back to last year. There were a lot of people waiting at the door. They even persuaded us to go to other place to eat. Food was so good. Favorite place. read more

Delicious Szechuan food. We had the dry pot and it was so good. Will definitely further explore their delicious looking menu

Please don't order from here, this is not a Chinese restaurant! I ordered Kung po chicken, it was chicken with barbecue sauce and hot peppers, I also ordered smoked duck and it was dry beyond belief, and then the pork belly was raw! If you know what's best, do not order from here! They won't even let me talk to the manager! Good business practice. Yes, they said it was dry because of where I lived! Really your safer if you don order from here! read more

This was my fourth visit to Original Flavor. I drove about forty minutes thinking about their preparation of Kung Pao chicken, which WAS heavily flavored with vinegar, rather than overwhelmed with chili's. I won't be coming back. I ordered Kung Pao Chicken ( chicken with peanuts) but when I asked for extra peanuts the waitress did not understand the word "peanut" and she called the manager who nodded at my request but clearly did not understand it. My meal of fried rice and Kung Pao chicken came out in less than five minutes, and that should have been a warning. The chicken did not seem fresh and was prepared in two different ways. Some of the chicken had a glazed Carmel coating (not Kung Pao and half the chicken seemed as though it had been prepared as a white meat chicken dish). I actually think that they combined two left over portions of other dishes and served it to me. The dish was LOADED with peppers which I had to pick out of the meal. Not good at all. I will never be back. read more

Very good food. I especially liked the mabo tofu, the right balance of ma and la. I'm a thirsty boi and want lots of soda, so I wish there was a soda fountain so I could have lots of refills. Service is very pleasant but a smidge slow. Just a nudge in these two departments and this place is easily a five for me. read more

I come from SF Bay Area to visit and I order here for 4 consecutive days for dinner. this Chinese food is authentic

This place will serve you real-deal Szechuan food. That means big, bold flavors that lean heavily on garlic and chili peppers, and aren't afraid of salt and oil. If that scares you, I humbly suggest you (and Donna from Scottsdale) stick with PF Chang's and their more "Americanized" offerings. The menu is not very detailed, but the servers were really helpful and friendly, and used ipads to show us pictures of the food we asked about. Ultimately, we ordered the Special Sliced Fish in hot Chili Oil, Cold Noodles, and House Special Sliced Chicken. The chicken wasn't spicy at all; shredded chicken with cilantro and tiny bit of red chili pepper over a bed of slivered white onion and with a light savory sauce. The Cold Noodles were (I'm guessing) homemade vermicelli noodles with bean sprouts, garlic and minced chili peppers in a spicy cold broth. This was mild-medium, but nicely spicy. The Sliced Fish in Hot Chili Oil ... wow ... fairly large pieces of lightly coated fish along with bean sprouts, red chilies (and other yummy stuff, but not tomatoes!) adrift in an awesome broth (think really good, rich ramen stock) and a slick of hot chili oil across the surface. This one was hot, and amazing, and probably the dish that will pull me back again and again. Oh, and everything comes with white rice which you can use to moderate the heat impact. The building is a little dumpy - my chair broke under me, it was too hot sitting next to the west facing windows, and my diet coke wasn't icy cold, but the food was amazing and I'll be back. Get there early or expect to wait. read more